VR-SECY-21-0029, SRM-SECY-21-0029: Rulemaking Plan on Relaxation of Inservice Testing and Inservice Inspection Program Update Frequencies Required in 10 CFR 50.55a
| ML21312A490 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/08/2021 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
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| SECY-21-0029, VR-SECY-21-0029 SRM-SECY-21-0029 | |
| Download: ML21312A490 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001
November 8, 2021
MEMORANDUM TO: Daniel H. Dorman Executive Director for Operations
FROM: Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-21- 0029 - RULEMAKING PLAN ON REVISION OF INSERVICE TESTING AND INSERVICE INSPECTION PROGRAM UPDATE FREQUENCIES REQUIRED IN 10 CFR 50.55a
The Commission has approved the staffs recommendation to initiate a rulemaking to extend the Inservice Inspection (ISI) program and Inservice Testing (IST) program Code of record update frequency required in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50.55a, Codes and standards, from 120 months to 240 months for licensees that have updated their IST and ISI programs to the most recent edition and addenda for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants, Division 1, OM Code: Section IST and Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 50.55a by the effective date of this final rule. T he Commission approve s staffs recommendation for a future rulemaking to extend the interval from 240 months to 288 months if ASME increases the ISI interval to 12 years.
The Commission has also approved the staffs request to not develop a regulatory basis for these rulemakings; the staffs recommendations on the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, the Committee to Review Generic Requirements, and the Advisory Committee on the Medical Use of Isotopes; and to delegate signature authority for these actions to the Executive Director for Operations.
The staff should move expeditiously to implement the remaining recommendations in the EMBARK Venture Studios report regarding streamlining rules for unconditionally approved Code Cases and decreasing the frequency of Code Edition rulemakings.
cc: Chairman Hanson Commissioner Baran Commissioner Wright OGC CFO OCA OPA